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Re: "Failure to add directory" error truncates folder

From: Hugh Gibson <hgibson_at_cix.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:32 +0100 (BST)

> > I've been trying to update a repository from Sourceforge, using
> > TortoiseSVN 1.5.2 build 13595 under Windows XP. I've hit a
> > problem in
> > that a folder is marked as already existing when updating but I
> > can't
> > tell what the folder name is.
> >
> > This has happened in the past and I've just deleted the local
> > folder and
> > done the update again, but with the latest TortoiseSVN the folder
> > name is
> > truncated.
> >
> > As you can see from the extract, the folder names are
> > particularly long.
> >
> > The error message is:
> >
> > [snip]
> > Updated:
> >
> >
> D:\abling\Packages\AJAX\qooxdoo_svn\root\trunk\qooxdoo\frontend\fram
> ework\
> > source\class\qx\legacy\ui\layout\CanvasLayout.js
> > Updated:
> >
> >
> D:\abling\Packages\AJAX\qooxdoo_svn\root\trunk\qooxdoo\frontend\fram
> ework\
> > source\class\qx\legacy\ui\layout\DockLayout.js
> > Updated:
> >
> >
> D:\abling\Packages\AJAX\qooxdoo_svn\root\trunk\qooxdoo\frontend\fram
> ework\
> > source\class\qx\legacy\ui\layout\GridLayout.js
> > Failed to add directory
> >
> >
> 'D:\abling\Packages\AJAX\qooxdoo_svn\root\trunk\qooxdoo\frontend\fra
> mework
> > \...\
> > a versioned directory of the same name already exists
> >
> > How can I find out what the directory was that caused the
> > problem? The
> > error message just shows a "...". (I've expanded the width of the
> > "path"
> > column so I can see the full path of the previous folders.)
>
> Either select the row with the error, then hit Ctrl-C to copy the
> full text to the clipboard (message not truncated there).
> Or, check the action log:
> Settings->saved data->action log->show

Both of those suggestions show the truncated folder. I used copy from the
Update log to report the problem originally. The action log has:

[snip]
Updated :
D:\abling\Packages\AJAX\qooxdoo_svn\root\trunk\qooxdoo\frontend\framework\
source\class\qx\legacy\ui\layout\GridLayout.js
Error : Failed to add directory
Error :
'D:\abling\Packages\AJAX\qooxdoo_svn\root\trunk\qooxdoo\frontend\framework
\...\
Error : a versioned directory of the same name already
exists
Finished! :
239 kBytes transferred in 0 minute(s) and 52 second(s)
[snip]

Hugh

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